diff --git a/libvo/w32_common.c b/libvo/w32_common.c
index f6ebe10b81..7eaafe7c29 100644
--- a/libvo/w32_common.c
+++ b/libvo/w32_common.c
@@ -631,12 +631,7 @@ int vo_w32_init(struct vo *vo)
 
     HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandleW(NULL);
 
-    HICON mplayerIcon = 0;
-    wchar_t exedir[MAX_PATH];
-    if (GetModuleFileNameW(0, exedir, MAX_PATH))
-        mplayerIcon = ExtractIconW(hInstance, exedir, 0);
-    if (!mplayerIcon)
-        mplayerIcon = LoadIcon(0, IDI_APPLICATION);
+    HICON mplayerIcon = LoadIconW(hInstance, L"IDI_ICON1");
 
     WNDCLASSEXW wcex = {
         .cbSize = sizeof wcex,
diff --git a/osdep/mplayer.rc b/osdep/mplayer.rc
index fe68aa2175..fe70aa871f 100644
--- a/osdep/mplayer.rc
+++ b/osdep/mplayer.rc
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ FILETYPE VFT_APP
 {
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     {
-	    BLOCK "000004b0" // LANG_NEUTRAL,UNICODE_CP
+        BLOCK "000004b0" // LANG_NEUTRAL,UNICODE_CP
         {
-		    VALUE "Comments","mplayer2 is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3. Source code is available at http://www.mplayer2.org\000"
+            VALUE "Comments","mplayer2 is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3. Source code is available at http://www.mplayer2.org\000"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "\000"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "mplayer2 - Movie Player\000"
             VALUE "FileVersion",VERSION
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ FILETYPE VFT_APP
     }
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
     {
-	    VALUE "Translation",0,0x04b0
+        VALUE "Translation",0,0x04b0
     }
 }